live from london, this is bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been given a three—year prison sentence over corruption allegations. mr khan denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. ukraine damages a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. slovenia's prime minister says the flooding there is the worst natural disaster in the country's history. uk scouts are being moved to hotels in seoul, after an international event in south korea was hit by extreme heat. hello, i'm nancy kacungira.

the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn't allowed to hold public office for the next five years, pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad's session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years�* imprisonment. outside court, shouts of,

"your show is over, khan." minutes later, we heard he'd been arrested. this was what happened last time mr khan was arrested. protests, some violent. mr khan was released, but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. many of his senior party leadership were arrested, then announced that they'd left the party. police picked up thousands of his supporters. will the protests happen again? imran khan's team released this pre—recorded video after he'd been arrested today. translation: iwant to make one request. you should not sit quietly at home. all my struggle is not just for myself. it is for you, for the future of your kids. if you do not stand up for your rights, you will live like a slave.

outside his house, there were a small number chanting, waving flags. then quickly taken away. it's been a matter of months, but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. this decision will mean mr khan cannot run in the upcoming elections. it's pretty useful for your party, though, that your main political opponent has just been disqualified in the run—up for a general election. well, you have to be accountable for your deeds in law. this is nothing to do with politics. a person who's been proven guilty by the court has to be arrested. his lawyers intend to appeal the decision but for now, the decision, but for now, mr khan is held by police and his politicalfuture is deeply uncertain. we're joined now by michael kugelman, he's the director of the south asia institute at the wilson centre, a washington—based think tank. thanks forjoining us. this is a story very much about imran khan but it is also a story about pakistan's

political system. what does this latest twist tells about the state of it? it latest twist tells about the state of it? ., , latest twist tells about the state of it? . , , , , ., of it? it really suggests that someone — of it? it really suggests that someone like _ of it? it really suggests that someone like imran - of it? it really suggests that someone like imran khan i of it? it really suggests that l someone like imran khan who of it? it really suggests that - someone like imran khan who is very popular and had become more popular over the last year or so is not going to necessarily be able to use that popularity to catapult him to a place where he has more political clout. he fell out with the military sometime ago and the military as well as the civilian leadership does not want him to contest elections, whenever they happen. we see now that he has been arrested and indeed he has been disqualified and again it suggests that popularity does not necessarily translate to political clout in pakistan's political system. clout in pakistan's political s stem. �* ., ., ., , system. and the role of the military has certainly _ system. and the role of the military has certainly been _ system. and the role of the military has certainly been quite _ system. and the role of the military has certainly been quite prominentl has certainly been quite prominent in this but let's talk about the role of the supreme court. imran khan still has about 100 cases or has had about 100 cases against him.

what role is the court playing in all of this?— all of this? certainly has legal team will probably _ all of this? certainly has legal team will probably appeal- all of this? certainly has legal team will probably appeal to l all of this? certainly has legal. team will probably appeal to the supreme court for relief and the last time he was arrested in may the supreme court ruled that it was illegal and he was freed just a few days after he was arrested so clearly the legal team will be hoping perhaps the supreme court will be willing to make a similar decision. the way in which he was arrested and convicted happened without him being present at the hearing, his lawyers were not present and that suggests the court might be willing to rule in a way that could lead to him being freed but we don't know. there is a lot of uncertainty right now. the supreme court has been and will continue to be a key player in this long—running political crisis. irate be a key player in this long-running political crisis.— political crisis. we have seen in the ast political crisis. we have seen in the past what _ political crisis. we have seen in the past what happened - political crisis. we have seen in the past what happened when l political crisis. we have seen in - the past what happened when imran khan mobilised his supporters, this time he said i hope i1 appeal, don't

sit at home silently. i am struggling for you and the country and your children's future. there have been protests in the past, nationwide, violent scenes. do you think he will serve these three years in prison?— think he will serve these three years in prison? again it is very hard to say. — years in prison? again it is very hard to say. i— years in prison? again it is very hard to say, i think _ years in prison? again it is very hard to say, i think the - years in prison? again it is very hard to say, i think the military| hard to say, i think the military and civilian leadership does not want him to return to power so that suggests it is most importantly be disqualified, theoretically if he simply is arrested and he is in a jail cell he could protest elections but if he is disqualified doesn't have that option. we will see, certainly has legal team will make efforts to see if something can change but at this point, yes, it is very true that his political future

is in doubt. very true that his political future is in doubt-— very true that his political future is in doubt. ., ~' ,, , . ukraine has warned that six russian black sea ports will be considered a "war risk area" from the 23rd august. for the second day running, ukraine has used a sea drone, loaded with hundreds of kilos of explosives, to attack russian shipping in the black sea. in the latest strike, a fuel tanker was hit south of the bridge across the kerch strait. this unverified video was sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source, which they say shows the moment of attack. the vessel is under us sanctions for delivering jet fuel to the russian military in syria. moscow accused kyiv of a terrorist attack. ukraine said the attack took place in its own territorial waters. on friday, a russian naval vessel was towed into port in novorossiysk after a similar attack.

on friday, a russian naval vessel was towed into port in novorossiysk after a similar attack. it's been two months since ukrainian forces launched their long—awaited counter—offensive aimed at pushing the invading russian forces out of the areas they've seized. the uk, the us and other western nations have invested heavily in these efforts — donating billions of pounds of military equipment, and training soldiers. so, two months on, how is ukraine coping against formidable russian defences? the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner has worked with bbc verify to assess what progress is being made.

right, so this is what the map looks like 18 months on after the full scale russian invasion last year. if it looks familiar, that's because it is. it really hasn't changed that much since last november with the russian—occupied areas shaded in red. now, in orderfor ukraine's counteroffensive to succeed, it needs to cut the russian area in two. now, earlier this summer, in earlyjune, south of the city, the town of orikhiv, there was a battle. the russian defensive lines are in black here. let's have a zoom in and look here. here you can see the russian defensive lines, heavily mined, interspersed trenches, artillery, bunkers, very hard for ukraine to get through all of that. this verified drone footage here shows what happened when a ukrainian armoured patrol ran into a minefield. some of the close—up stuff is, frankly, too graphic to show. but the point is that these minefields and russian defences are so heavy, they're so intense, that it makes it very slow going for the ukrainians to advance southwards. and the russians have been quite innovative in some of the things they've done. so this, for example,

is their tm62 anti—tank mine. now, some of ukraine's armour will withstand a strike by one of these, but not by two. so what are the russians do? they're putting two of them, one on top of another, to blow up through the hull of a ukrainian armoured vehicle. and this footage here shows a whole bunch of these russian anti—tank mines that have disabled a western supplied tank. another weapon that the russians are using very effectively is the alligator, the ka52 attack helicopter. here's some footage of that. so given all these factors, how successful could this counter—offensive actually be? the ukrainian forces wanted to retake all the occupied territories, including crimea.

i do not think that that will happen any time soon. especially in light of what we're seeing right now. what ukraine does have in its favour, though, is some very powerful western—supplied weaponry, such as, for example, the storm shadow long—range missile, british—supplied. and these are allowing ukraine to hit distant targets, like fuel depots, storage points, trying to undermine russia's defences from within. but, you know, the problem here is that all of this takes time and that's a luxury ukraine doesn't have. within three months, the rainy season will have arrived, turning a lot of the roads into mud, making it difficult for ukraine to advance. frank gardner, bbc news.

let's take you to israel now. thousands of protesters are demonstrating in tel aviv against the government's controversialjudicial reform plans. the protests come a day after israel's supreme court began hearing the first of a number of appeals against changes to the judicial system which have caused months of mass protests. opponents fear the changes could undermine the country's democratic system, tipping it into authoritarian territory. they worry that nationalist and ultra—orthodox religious parties allied to mr netanyahu will be able to shape policy with unchecked power. but the government argues that the reforms are necessary to correct an imbalance in power which has seen the courts increasingly intervene in political decisions.

thousands of uk scouts are leaving an international event in south korea that has been hit by extreme heat. hundreds have fallen ill at the outdoor world scout jamboree, which is attended by more than 40,000 young people from around the world, amid 35 degree heat. jean mackenzie, reports from seoul. as the sun pounded the campsite, the uk scouts packed their bags and boarded buses, bound for more comfortable hotel rooms. you can see just how little respite this campsite has from the scorching sun. but one of the uk team members who i spoke to earlier said this decision to pull out the british scouts wasn'tjust because of this extreme heat.

it was also because of concerns about the facilities and the food. they were no longer confident that they could keep everyone here safe. but the remaining scouts we spoke to are happy to still be here. the uk scout contingent is being relocated this weekend to seoul, back to hotels and hostels there. in common with the americans, who i believe are going to another site, and so on. they are going to try and arrange some kind of alternative programme of events. but the remaining scouts we spoke to are happy to still be here. it's very hot here but it's still fun. we are learning a lot of new people and we are making the best out of it. blanca's sister was taken to hospital because of the heat, but she's recovering. and so are the conditions, she says. the british scouts have all been pulled out. how do you feel about that?

blanca's sister was taken to hospital because of the heat, but she's recovering. and so are the conditions, she says. the british scouts have all been pulled out. how do you feel about that? i am sad that they didn't stay. and they are really cool people. and i am sad for them that they had to leave because i really enjoyed - spending time with them. the organisers are now desperately trying to stop others from jumping ship. at this press conference earlier, the prime minister announced he was sending more medical staff, along with a 700 strong army of workers to maintain the toilets and showers. that's good enough for the chilean contingent, who plan to dance to the end. jean mackenzie, bbc news, unseasonable weather has hit parts of europe, with flooding in slovenia and austria. whilst the storm antoni has been passing over large parts of britain and ireland. let's go live to the newsroom and our reporter nicky schiller, who has been monitoring what's happening across europe.

what else can you tell us? yes, as ou sa , what else can you tell us? yes, as you say, unseasonable _ what else can you tell us? yes, as you say, unseasonable summer. what else can you tell us? yes, as - you say, unseasonable summer weather has hit large parts of europe. i take you first to georgia and show you pictures there as the search for survivors continues after a deadly landslide on thursday. you can see a torrent of mod swept down that valley, 11 people died and dozens feared missing. the army has been brought into help find them, the good news is 200 people were evacuated to safety. if we move to slovenia, there has been torrential rain, a month's worth of rain fell in 24—hour is. hitting the north—east and centre of the country. three people died. has been a meeting of the security council and the prime minister said it was the worst natural disaster in recent history since independence over 30

years ago. he said the scale of the damage from the floods is estimated to exceed half a billion euros and a clean—up operation is under way there. slovenia's neighbours austria have also been hit by torrential rain. we can show you pictures there where they have been a large amount of saturated land and that meant that there has been flooding, people taking two boats even to be able to get evacuated out to safety and a lot of residential properties and people using sandbags to try and protect them. elsewhere i want to move to dublin in ireland where there has been a rescue operation there has been a rescue operation there again, the emergency services bringing in inflatable boats to take eight people to safety. ireland and large parts of the united kingdom have been hit by storm antoni, the first named storm of the year so far

in the uk and ireland. a number of events have been cancelled in the uk and there have been strong winds. finally i want to take you to germany and one city there has brought out snowploughs because there has been a freak violent storm dumping large quantities of hail in the streets and in one case there was 30 centimetres built up of thick hail and as you can see the snow ploughs being deployed so there is definitely not weather you would associate with summer.- definitely not weather you would associate with summer. thank you ve much associate with summer. thank you very much for— associate with summer. thank you very much for that. _ at least 10 people have died and 18 are missing after torrential rains battered hebei province in northern china. officials evacuated more than half its 11.5 million people

on saturday from areas thought to be at high risk of landslides and floods. storm doksuri, which hit mainland china last week, has brought the worst rains in 140 years. more now on our main story. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has called on his supporters to protest peacefully after he was given a three yearjail sentence in a corruption case. he denies wrongdoing. let's take you live to islamabad with our correspondent caroline davies. we have seen in the past when imran khan was arrested for instance the response to that was massive to say the least. what is it like this time around? it the least. what is it like this time around? , , ., , the least. what is it like this time around? , , , around? it seems a very different environment _ around? it seems a very different environment now— around? it seems a very different environment now even _ around? it seems a very different environment now even though . around? it seems a very different environment now even though it. around? it seems a very different i environment now even though it has only been a few months since he was last arrested on the ninth of me and

of course he was then released but we have seen a dramatic crackdown against imran khan and his party, we have seen many of his senior political leadership leave the party altogether, we saw thousands of his supporters who were alleged to have been involved in violent protests arrested and since then we have seen that imran khan has been operating in a totally, has been at least involved in the political scene in a very different way. we reported earlier on this year about the fact that some of the tv stations behind—the—scenes had been told, we have heard, we have been told not to mention his name on television, not even sure his picture or have it written on the ticketed instead referring to him as chairman of the pti to his presence has been quite significantly repressed in the course of the last few months and we saw imran khan today being arrested

and so far we have not seen the mass protests across the country, we have not seen the same reaction on social media as we did back then when a lot of people recalling for people to come back onto the streets, nowhere near the scale we saw then. speaking to the information minister earlier, she said this is because people realised it is not right to support him, they realise the difference between right and wrong and that i people are not on the streets but imran khan and his supporters would see people have been scared by the crackdown that's why we're not seeing people on the streets at the moment, nowhere near the scenes we saw back in may. find moment, nowhere near the scenes we saw back in may-— saw back in may. and the information minister in that _ saw back in may. and the information minister in that interview _ saw back in may. and the information minister in that interview did - saw back in may. and the information minister in that interview did also - minister in that interview did also said this was not about politics but what does this tell us about imran khan's popularity? he faced several challenges, his party, is becoming divided, does he remain as popular as he was despite his challenges? it

is always quite difficult to ascertain this because getting some 40 political polling is really hard to get your hands on here on a very anecdotal level you could see people say they support him but not as publicly as they did before because they are nervous, weather that's the entire country is difficult to ascertain but he mentioned the political backdrop weather this is a political backdrop weather this is a political move or not. if you look at the history of pakistan's politics this is not the first thing we have seen a former prime minister being, going through the court system, being found guilty as well, this is something pakistan has done quite a lot with the course of the last few decades with its leadership as well. imran khan says it's politically motivated and his opponents say this is just the rule of law. irate opponents say this is 'ust the rule of law. ~ . ., ., opponents say this is 'ust the rule of law. ~ _, ., ., ., opponents say this is 'ust the rule of law. ~ ., ., ., , of law. we continue to wait and see what happens- _ of law. we continue to wait and see what happens. thank _ of law. we continue to wait and see what happens. thank you _ of law. we continue to wait and see what happens. thank you very - of law. we continue to wait and see | what happens. thank you very much forjoining us.

bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely—populated country. at least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 infected, according to official figures, making, this the deadliest year since the first recorded epidemic in 2000. live now to anbarasan ethirajan, our south asia regional editor world service. give us a sense of how serious this is. �* ., ., , , , , give us a sense of how serious this is. bangladesh is witnessing one of the hiuhest is. bangladesh is witnessing one of the highest number _ is. bangladesh is witnessing one of the highest number of _ is. bangladesh is witnessing one of the highest number of cases - is. bangladesh is witnessing one of the highest number of cases as - is. bangladesh is witnessing one of| the highest number of cases as well as number of deaths connected to the dengue fever this season. since the beginning of the year nearly 300 people have died, a record number and what the patients in the capital city are talking about his not

finding enough space in hospitals because they are overcrowded, a lot of people going in for treatment. the interesting thing is the disease which are is spread through infected mosquitoes, there is no treatment for it and also the development of vaccine is in the early stage, many developing countries do not have the vaccine so you have to have a normal medicine like painkiller. most people get cured, nearly 90% of people, very few have to go to hospital but the number of infections are so high is putting a heavy burden and that's why how to reduce this infection by controlling this mosquito infestation because they see where there is stagnant water that is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and they get infected by this and that's when they pass it on to humans. a number of reasons people are pointing out. rapid unplanned urbanisation allowing mosquitoes to breed in this kind of

place which is like when you see a garbage dump and that is also adding to mosquitoes in growing numbers and people are being advised to wear clothes even sleeping during the day and use mosquito nets and that is the only way to prevent from getting this infection.— this infection. thank you for that u date this infection. thank you for that update on _ this infection. thank you for that update on that _ this infection. thank you for that update on that outbreak- this infection. thank you for that update on that outbreak of - this infection. thank you for that l update on that outbreak of dengue fever in bangladesh. pretty serious in indeed. india's third lunar mission has entered the moon's orbit. the spacecraft chandrayaan—3 is india's second attempt at a moon landing. it's due to touch down in two weeks. these are pictures from last month, when the mission was launched. if successful, india will become the fourth country to land safely on the lunar surface. it'll also be the first spacecraft to come down near the little—explored south pole. the last mission in 2019 crashed during touchdown. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. dare i say it? saturday felt like quite an autumnal day in many parts of the uk. it was cool, it was windy. you can see big waves crashing onto the south coast of england. there were some really heavy bursts of rain. that was the scene for a weather watcher in staffordshire. it's all thanks to storm antoni, this swirl of cloud, this storm system named by the met office. but the area of low pressure responsible will be sliding eastwards as we head through tonight and into tomorrow. so tomorrow should be a somewhat drier and brighter day. still some areas of cloud and some splashes of rain across eastern parts of england as we head through the night. further west will see clear skies, some showers feeding in across some western parts and temperatures actually dropping away. it's going to be quite a cool and fresh night, seven, eight or nine degrees, and that's in some of the towns and cities out in the countryside. it may getjust a little bit

chillier than that, but after that, quite cool fresh start, a sunday will see this area of high pressure trying to build. it's not going to be a completely dry day, but on balance, it should be a drier and a brighter day than saturday has been. so some clouds, some rain, a bit of a breeze across eastern england for a time. further west, sunny spells and showers. some of the showers heavy, possibly thundery, particularly across parts of scotland. a slightly warmer day for many 17,18 or 19 degrees. that is still a bit below par in most locations. now, as we look ahead to monday, i think we'll see more in the way of dry weather, spells of sunshine, not as many showers at this stage. later in the day, a bit more cloud roll in across the south west of england, parts of wales and northern ireland, ahead of some splashes of rain. temperatures, again, just a little bit higher, 16 to 21 degrees. but as we head deeper into the coming week, initially we'll have some frontal systems bringing a little bit of rain

here and there. but high pressure looks set to build later in the week, this high pressure building to the south east of us. and that will allow us to tap into some warmer air. we'll be drawing that up from the south. and so temperatures around the middle part of the week, wednesday and particularly into thursday will begin to climb. some places are likely to get into the middle. 20 celsius could be looking at highs of 26 degrees or maybe a little higher than that. but it might not last because rain is set to return by the very end of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been given a three—year prison sentence over corruption allegations. mr khan was found guilty of not declaring money earned from selling gifts he received in office. after the verdict, mr khan was taken into custody from his home in lahore. he denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. ukraine damages a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. in an unverfied video sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source, they claim it shows the moment of attack. uk scouts are being moved to hotels in seoul after the world scout jamboree was hit by extreme heat. the event is attended by more than 40,000 young people from around the world. slovenia's prime minister

says the flooding there is the worst natural disaster in the country's history.